The UNC System Board of Governors approved the hire of Sheri Noren Everts during a special meeting in Chapel Hill Wednesday morning, ASU officials announced.

Everts, 55, will begin her new job July 1 and take over for Kenneth Peacock, who announced his resignation almost a year ago.

Everts has been the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Illinois State University since 2008. A Nebraska native, Everts spent most of her academic career in the University of Nebraska system.

Peacock said last April he would step down after nine years of service, adding he would remain on the job until a successor was named. In a statement on the university's web page at the time, Peacock said while it was a difficult decision step down, he believed the time was right for the school and for him to make the change for his family.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tuesday that a proposed agreement between world powers and Iran was "a bad deal" that would not stop Tehran from getting nuclear weapons -- but would rather pave its way to getting lots of them and lea...